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First Minister at the Pakistan High Commission has said that the Supreme Court of Pakistan will likely hear Asia Bibi’s case before the end of March 2017. This assurance came prior to protests lead by British Pakistani Christian Association, a Christian charity organization, that urged the UK to intervene for the release of Bibi. Asia[continue reading…]

Under President Obama none of the millions of dollars in aid sent to the Middle East reached persecuted Christians. Worse, Middle East Christians were placed at the back of the line for immigration. Under President Trump these practices must stop. Congress must give President Trump the authority and the funds to take action now.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)– Hungary’s government wants Hungary to become “a hub and supporter” of groups who fight against persecution of Christians. “More Christians are being persecuted today throughout the world than during the reign of the Roman Emperor Nero,” said Bence Rétvári, state secretary of the Ministry[continue reading…]

An alliance of UK-based charities has warned that Christians are being excluded from reconstruction plans for Northern Iraq once the Islamic State has been defeated there. According to World Watch Monitor: “Iraqi Christians firmly believe that Iraq is their spiritual homeland; their presence dates back at least to the 3rd Century. Before 2003, there were[continue reading…]

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)– Egyptian prosecutors have thrown out a case brought by an elderly Christian woman against several members of a Muslim mob who stripped off her clothes and paraded her naked through the streets, forcing the family to remain in hiding, BosNewsLife learned. Last May’s assault in the central[continue reading…]

On Friday, January 21, the Pentagon reported that a terror training camp near Idlib had been struck, killing more than one hundred al-Qaeda terrorists. However, several members of a group that had been previously backed by the US and the CIA were at the camp and embedded with al-Qaeda. Many of them were also killed.[continue reading…]

On January 10, 2017, Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) and Rep. Anna Eshoo (CA-18) reintroduced their bipartisan legislation that would provide emergency relief to survivors of genocide and ensure accountability for perpetrators. The Iraq and Syria Genocide Emergency Relief and Accountability Act (H.R. 390) is an enhanced version of the bill they introduced in the 114th[continue reading…]

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)– The leader of Syria’s Catholic Church has urged the West and the United Nations to immediately end sanctions against his country and to stop supporting rebels, saying this is the only way to find a solution to a war that has claimed hundreds of thousands[continue reading…]

Christian persecution advocacy group Open Doors USA released its 2017 World Watch List, that ranks the top 50 most dangerous countries for Christians to live in. For the 16th year in a row, North Korea took the number one spot. David Curry, president and CEO of Open Doors USA said: “For Christians in the West,[continue reading…]

In this issue of the newsletter Update: Christmas for Refugees program exceeds expectations in Iraq Update: As many as 525 Christian refugee children at each Christmas party Update: Christmas for Refugees expands in Jordan, as terror attacks increase New: Christian town of Qaraqosh in ruins; may have Christmas event in 2017 Cultural center used[continue reading…]